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On screen — two clocks: “TELL YOUR EMPLOYER” · “FILE YOUR CLAIM”
The moment you're hurt at work, two clocks start — and most workers only know about one of them.
On screen — clock one speeds up: “Days. Sometimes 30. Sometimes fewer.”
Clock one: reporting to your employer. Usually thirty days — Pennsylvania pays full benefits only if you're inside twenty-one.
On screen — clock two: “One to three years — and it doesn't stop because they're paying you.”
Clock two: formally filing with the state. And here's the expensive myth — telling your boss is not filing. Checks arriving in your mailbox is not filing. The clock runs anyway.
On screen — map pins: CA 1yr · GA 1yr · TX 1yr · FL 2yr · NY 2yr · IL 3yr
One year in California, Georgia, and Texas. Two in Florida and New York. Three in Illinois. Different states, different clocks — and exceptions in both directions.
On screen — deadline checker UI
Our deadline checker turns your injury date into your actual dates — free, in ten seconds. Because late is worse than early. But late is almost always better than never.
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